PCI DSS compliance

5.3 Anti-virus is running

5.3.a Software is running

Anti-virus tooling should be running to discover malware threats. Depending on the software components used on Linux/Unix, this might be a daemon or hook into software (e.g. scanning for malware in e-mail).

5.3.b Protection against alteration

The software and configuration files should be protected against unauthorized changes. This include disabling the software, or changing the behavior of the anti-virus scanner.

Security Compliance

Lynis is our open source auditing tool, to help you quickly test the security of your systems.

It is free to download and easy to use. Available for Linux, macOS, and other flavors of Unix.